(12-01-2019, 10:35 AM)2006alum Wrote: Wasn't able to see the game, but sounds like we "won ugly" - and I'll take it! Given that we were missing 1.5 of our presumptive starters (Carrington + Dodson), that Williams wasn't there with her steady hand late in the 4th, and that the reffing really seemed to favor their style of play, it's encouraging we could rely on our frosh to step up.
Just from looking over the box score, it also looks like Lacie had a good game, and I think that's the first time I can remember where both Hulls were significant offensive contributors in the same game. It seems like in most games either one, or the other, is on fire.
One question I had from looking at the box score: it looked like Belibi was extremely efficient in her limited minutes early on. Could anyone who saw the game understand why Tara didn't leave her in more?
I feel like Wilson is regressing a bit this season - her shooting really seems off so far. She's definitely an asset for us defensively, but her efforts don't seem to be translating on the offensive end. To that end, I do think one of the (few) downsides to having so much depth is that fewer players get enough playing time to get work out kinks. It's kind of strange how little time Prechtel got after being such a contributor for us during our first five games. I'm assuming that's because she's still a work-in-progress on defense, but without having seen any of these games, it's hard to glean more than that.
Fingers crossed everyone can get healthy with two weeks off for finals. I don't think we'll stay in the hunt for No. 1 very long is we're missing Carrington, Dodson, and Williams...
I thought it was odd that Belibi did not get more time in the second half, too. I'm not sure why. Jerome had a great 3rd quarter, and Jones was not going to come out very much--so that might explain part of it.
I'm also wondering about Prechtel in this tournament after I pronounced her our best "big" earlier in the year. I think Fingall's reemergence in this tournament probably has a lot to do with it. Until Victoria I was not convinced that Fingall was ever going to really come back into form after her injury. I was wrong. Most impressive, I saw Fingall jumping for the first time since last year--she was pretty flat footed in earlier games. And her offense around the basket was vastly improved from just a week or so ago. Let's hope she can stay in that zone, but if she can and if Jones plays the four there just are not that many minutes to distribute through the big rotation.
As for Wilson, her offense has been off for some time. She is 3/16 on the year and 3/10 from three point range. She has not really taken enough shots to create very meaningful data. Last year she shot 40% overall and 26% from three. Her sophomore year she shot 30% overall and 29% from three. And her freshman year her numbers were too tiny, with all the injuries, to be significant. I am sure that her shooting--very possibly related to all the injuries interfering with the rhythm of the game--is the only reason she did not ultimately become a starter--possibly replacing Sniezek. We know at times she can get hot and shoot well, as she did did against Ohio State when she hit 7/8 three point shots. In the meantime, I see her becoming a player a little like Ros was by the time she was a senior--a defensive specialist we place on the opponent's best small guard. Wilson seems to be able to stay in front of them better than Williams does. So I imagine Wilson will spend time defending Aari McDonald, Japreece Dean, etc.